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They're not "OK", it's just that the government shouldn't be able to control what people do to themselves in their own home, and that criminalisation doesn't decrease drug use but it does increase organised crime and the numbers in prison.

You're also putting many types of drugs together when they vary considerably in effects and risks. Like LSD has very low risks if used advisably. And you're excluding alcohol and tobacco which have worse effects than many of the things that are 'drugs'.

Current drug policy and attitudes have no correlation with the actual effects of the drugs.

I actually agree with you here, but I guess that people's logic is that if drugs are bad, so is smoking, alcoholism, excessive food consumption... Hell, even video games are comparable to drugs in that they can get people addicted and ruin their lives as a result. You can't condemn everything so it's better to condemn nothing. Or so it goes.

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They're not "OK", it's just that the government shouldn't be able to control what people do to themselves in their own home, and that criminalisation doesn't decrease drug use but it does increase organised crime and the numbers in prison.

You're also putting many types of drugs together when they vary considerably in effects and risks. Like LSD has very low risks if used advisably. And you're excluding alcohol and tobacco which have worse effects than many of the things that are 'drugs'.

Current drug policy and attitudes have no correlation with the actual effects of the drugs.

I'm not really trying to be too specific on what types of drugs because I want more of a general opinion.

If alcohol is legal, marjuana should probably be legal with the same restrictions. Other drugs should not be legal or ok. However, some of the punishments for drug use should be evened out. Some drugs have a lot bigger penalty than other even though they are essentially the same drug.

Personally, i dont even drink, so I dont really care what drugs i have access to. However, the government cost for some of these drug laws just doesnt make sense.